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Is this $3 real ?

darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
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Does this coin look real to you? Mike
    1874 $3
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      • newbiecollectornewbiecollector Posts: 2,992
        No...not to me
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      • littlewicherlittlewicher Posts: 1,822 ✭✭
        Here's a real one:imageimage

        *Images courtesy of coinfacts.com. It's a great site!image


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      • littlewicherlittlewicher Posts: 1,822 ✭✭


        For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever.
        -Laura Swenson

        In memory of BL, SM, and KG. 16 and forever young, rest in peace.
      • littlewicherlittlewicher Posts: 1,822 ✭✭
        The word "DOLLARS'' on your coin looks uneven. It could possibly be a counterfeit.image


        For some life lasts a short while, but the memories it holds last forever.
        -Laura Swenson

        In memory of BL, SM, and KG. 16 and forever young, rest in peace.
      • RotatedRainbowsRotatedRainbows Posts: 2,085 ✭✭
        Its hard to tell with such a low quality photo but some of the letters in the word DOLLAR don't look quite right. But the numbers in the date do seem to match the real one.
      • 4thStooge4thStooge Posts: 319
        IMHO, it's a bad piece. Just check the alignment on the obverse of the 'A' in states and the first 'A' in America with the headdress and juxtapose with the genuine piece that LW put up.
      • BladeBlade Posts: 1,744 ✭
        My expertise in gold is with other issues, but this looks highly suspect.
        Tom

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      • darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
        Thanks guy's the seller says it is a fake in his opinion but I think I will still bid if it goes cheap enough. mikeimage
      • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
        I agree- something about the reverse lettering looks fishy.

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      • lathmachlathmach Posts: 4,720 ✭
        I saw this when it first came on and considered bidding if it stayed low enough.
        It appears to be a modern counterfeit, and is probably made of good gold.
        The bidding right now is the highest anyone would want to pay, as you're hitting the value of the gold.
        He says three dealers have told him it's bad. Believe him when he says it's fake.
        1873 $3

        Ray
      • darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
        Ray- Yeah I figured about $75 would buy it. It looked like real gold to me too. thanks mike
      • BustmanBustman Posts: 1,911 ✭
        Her eye looks a little funny in the scan. she looks surprised.

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